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| Decreased blood volume also means... |
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| How do electrolytes get through the cell membranes? |
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| Cluster of nerve cells in the hypothalamus that stimulate desire to drink fluid in reponse to an increase in blood salt or decrease in blood pressure/volume |
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| water formed as a by-product of metabolic reactions |
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water loss that goes unnoticed.
ex: evaporation from skin |
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| substance that increases fluid loss through urine |
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| condition in which blood sodium levels are dangerously high |
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| Condition in which blood sodium levels are dangerously low |
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| Blood potassium levels are dangerously high |
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| Blood potassium levels are dangerously low |
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